Held in conjunction with similar events across the globe put on by other groups within the larger Occupy Wall Street movement, the vigil was meant to commemorate not just King, but other civil rights activists and those across the world currently protesting oppression, said Occupy Savannah’s Brett Dykes.

“(King) was very big for fighting not just for racial equality, but social equality as well,” Dykes said. “If he were alive today, he’d be out here protesting.”

Bryan Hashemi, 34, also thought King would approve of the Occupy movement’s message.

“I think he really would be proud to see this happening now,” Hashemi said. “Look how far it’s come in just a few months — it’s spread all over the world.”

Just shy of their 100th day occupying Emmet Park — Tuesday — Occupy Savannah participants are marching in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade today.

“We can succeed peacefully,” Dykes said. “We just have to follow the example left for us by Dr. King and other leaders of the civil rights movement.”

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There is NO comparison between the great work of MLK and the idiots in the occupy movement. MLK fought TRUE injustice. He did not whine and complain that there were people that made more money than he did. That is all the OWS movement is at its core; wealth envy. The majority of the OWS morons are 19-30 year olds that have a hate on for those that are more successful than they are. It is an empty movement. Nothing is holding it together except hatred for the wealthy